MP3 Legal

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Hey,

I installed OpenSuse awhile ago and think I noticed it played MP3’s from the get-go. I was just wondering about the legality of this. Does OpenSuse have some licensing deal to make it legal for them to be played right from the start? When I installed Ubuntu it didn’t just have it.

I like OpenSuse, but am wondering about the legality of it.

Thanks.

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Hi
Have a read here;
Fluendo MP3 Decoder | Fluendo Shop

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Hey,

I installed OpenSuse awhile ago and think I noticed it played MP3’s from the get-go. I was just wondering about the legality of this. Does OpenSuse have some licensing deal to make it legal for them to be played right from the start? When I installed Ubuntu it didn’t just have it.

I like OpenSuse, but am wondering about the legality of it.

Thanks.
If you had not added the Packman repository and it was really an MP3 file you were playing, that would be unusual. If you did add the Packman repository as suggested, the right files got loaded on the very first update you did. Normally, you must load several files from Packman to get very much to work in the Multimedia area. I have a bash script file called mmcheck that can help you load those files you need. Message #53 has the most recent version to use.

MMCHECK - Check Your Multimedia in 10 Steps - Script File, as proposed by RedDwarf

Thank You,

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@James
MP3 playback is part of an openSUSE install update (non-oss), pullin-fluendo-mp3 is the rpm.

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@James
MP3 playback is part of an openSUSE install update (non-oss), pullin-fluendo-mp3 is the rpm.
Ahso, so it is not on the DVD, but its gets loaded on the first update, but not from Packman but Fluendo. You know, I did read that, but perhaps it did not snap to me what that really meant. Perhaps I am just getting old. In any event, thanks for the clarification malcolmlewis.

Thank You,

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On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:36:03 +0000, Slushie wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I installed OpenSuse awhile ago and think I noticed it played MP3’s from
> the get-go. I was just wondering about the legality of this. Does
> OpenSuse have some licensing deal to make it legal for them to be played
> right from the start? When I installed Ubuntu it didn’t just have it.
>
> I like OpenSuse, but am wondering about the legality of it.
>
> Thanks.

IIRC, there was a licensing deal with Fluendo (not sure if it was for
openSUSE or SLED, though). I’d guess that you’re using those codecs
unless you added Packman during installation.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Thanks for the replies.

I’d assume it wasn’t from packman. Unless its already selected automatically.
I installed from the DVD, and didn’t do anything special with picking repositories.
I did probably update first. I just noticed how it would play an mp3 right away, and Ubuntu didn’t without adding things.

It made me wonder if this wasn’t fully legal, or in some weird gray area, where opensuse went to one side.

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On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:36:01 +0000, Slushie wrote:

> It made me wonder if this wasn’t fully legal, or in some weird gray
> area, where opensuse went to one side.

This is one area where openSUSE is pretty unambiguous - if it’s not
legal, it’s not included. That’s why many people actually have issues
with the playback of restricted formats - because you have to add a third
party repository, as openSUSE doesn’t include things like libdvdcss or
players that include proprietary codecs.

Jim

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openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C